Ohio Politics

Gun show protest cancelled after Buckeye Firearms Assoc. highlights organizer's status as a convicted rapist

7:00am Monday, April 15, 2013
by Chad D. Baus On Friday, Dayton's FOX affiliate reported that Jerome McCorry had planned to stage another protest outside the Bill Goodman Gun & Knife Show at Dayton's Hara arena. What they did not report, as is frequent in news coverage of similar protests staged by McCorry in the past, is that McCorry is a convicted rapist . Quite obviously, we believe that part of McCorry's past should...

Sex offender to stage another protest demanding that law-abiding citizens disarm

10:54am Friday, April 12, 2013
by Chad D. Baus WRGT (Dayton FOX) is reporting that a protest is being planned for Saturday's Bill Goodman Gun and Knife Show at Hara Arena. The article reports that protest is being organized by Rev. Jerome McCorry. What the article fails to report, as is all too common with Dayton media outlets, is that McCorry is a registered sex offender . From the article : "We'll be out on Saturday to march...

Study: "Universal" background checks not likely to reduce gun crime; Reps. Heard & Patmon push UBC bills in Ohio anyways

7:00am Friday, April 12, 2013
Using 20-year-old data, President Obama recently claimed that as many as 40 percent of gun purchases take place without a background check (Remarks by the President, March 28, 2013). He suggested that requiring background checks for all gun purchases will reduce gun violence by keeping dangerous people from acquiring firearms. To determine if the 40 percent estimate is accurate today,...

Headline: Second Amendment - Right to bear arms in action

3:00pm Thursday, April 11, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository recently visited three of the ten Stark County, Ohio companies licensed to manufacture firearms, and published an excellent follow-up article. From the article : Inside a plain-looking single-story green building near Meyers Lake, Dennis DeVault and his employees have outfitted competitive trap and clay shooters across the country for 23 years. From the...

Senate may vote today to end private sales at gun shows and online; Sen. Portman "undecided" if he'll join filibuster

7:00am Thursday, April 11, 2013
[UPDATE: Sen. Rob Portman joins 31 Senators voting against moving the bill to the floor. Filibuster attempts proved unsuccessful, however, as 16 other Republicans including John McCain voted with the anti-gun rights majority. Portman said he hasn't seen the specific language of the Toomey-Manchin amendment described below, and thus could not yet say whether or not he could support it. by Chad D...

VIDEO: Shelby County teachers take aim

3:00pm Tuesday, April 09, 2013
by Chad D. Baus As we reported in February, Shelby Co. Sheriff John Lenhart's office has implemented a concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers. WDTN (NBC Dayton) is reporting on a range session that was recently conducted as a part of this important training: Shelby County teachers take aim Chad D. Baus is the Buckeye Firearms Association Vice...

State FOP proposes stripping ability of boards of education to arm school employees

7:00am Tuesday, April 09, 2013
by Chad D. Baus If there was any doubt left for Ohioans that the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is an anti-gun rights, anti-Second Amendment organization that cares more about protecting the jobs of its members than it does the very safety of our school children, it should be removed after they hear news that the FOP is pushing to strip the right of Boards of Education to arm staff to protect...

OGCA makes significant donation to Buckeye Firearms Foundation teacher training

3:00pm Monday, April 08, 2013
by Larry S. Moore OGCA check presentation - From left to right: Larry Moore, BFA; Robert Ray Preston, OGCA First Vice President; Joe Eaton, BFA; Fred L. Kolb, OGCA BoD; and Charles D. Rush, OGCA Second Vice President The momentum behind the Buckeye Firearms Foundation's efforts to train our teachers to respond to school violence continues to grow. The program received a major boost when the Ohio...

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